Sign Painting

What the Numbers Say About Sign Painting

Federal agencies employ 82 people in the Sign Painting occupation (OPM code 4104), accounting for 0.0% of the total federal civilian workforce of 2,289,472 for the March 2025 reporting window. Headcount in this occupation moved up by 2.5% versus the prior period, though at this small a headcount, year-to-year swings can reflect a handful of hires or departures rather than a broad hiring trend.

Average tenure in Sign Painting runs 13.9 years, a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career. Pay averages $71,745 per year, 34.7% below the $109,869 federal civilian average and up 0.9% from the prior period, a modest shift, consistent with routine locality pay and grade-level movement.

Sign Painting sits inside the Painting and Paperhanging Family family (code 41), which contains 3 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Sign Painting postings should also review these sibling occupations, since federal hiring managers often cross-post positions across closely related codes when recruitment is difficult. All figures here come directly from OPM FedScope Employment Cubes, the same official source referenced in federal workforce planning, budget justifications, and GAO reports.

Sign Painting makes up 2.1% of the 3,944 employees across the Painting and Paperhanging Family family, ranking #2 of 3 occupations in that family by headcount.